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- Money, he believes, allows people to live comfortable and carefree lives. It also seems to define a man by measuring his success and ability to provide for his family. For Walter, who feels enslaved in his job and life, money is the truest freedom. Throughout A Raisin in the Sun, characters connect money to discussions of race.
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For several of Hansberry’s characters, money is a promise of salvation, a gift to be stored up and fought for whenever possible. But as the story unfolds, the Younger family must repeatedly weigh their wish for material wealth against their wish for freedom.
Quick answer: In A Raisin in the Sun, each character is impacted by money in different ways. To Mama, money represents her husband's hard work and the promise of...
A Raisin in the Sun portrays a few weeks in the life of the Youngers, a Black family living on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s. When the play opens, the Youngers are about to receive an insurance check for $10,000. This money comes from the deceased Mr. Younger’s life insurance policy.
- Lorraine Hansberry
- 1959
For Walter, money seems to be the answer to everything. Money, he believes, allows people to live comfortable and carefree lives. It also seems to define a man by measuring his success and ability to provide for his family.
The play starts with the Youngers discussing how to spend the money they are going to receive from an insurance company after the death of their patriarch. The total amount of the policy is $10,000 to be received through a check.
Summary: The play opens with the Younger family eagerly awaiting a life-changing insurance check following the death of the patriarch, Mr. Younger. The family matriarch, Lena, dreams of using the money to buy a house and create a better future for her children, Walter Lee and Beneatha.
With a cast in which all but one character is black, A Raisin in the Sun was considered a risky investment, and it took eighteen months for producer Philip Rose to raise enough money to launch it. There was disagreement with how it should be played, with the focus on the mother or on the son.
